Category Archives: Regional/State News

PA STATE SENATOR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS AI-GENERATED CHILDREN SEXUAL ABUSE CONTENT
Pennsylvania Sen. Tracy Pennycuick has introduced legislation aimed at addressing the growing threat of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Citing a sharp rise in such content - some even create...
Renda Media Oct 02, 2025

TRIAL BEGINS FOR BROTHER, SISTER ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AUTISTIC TEEN
Testimony begins today in the trial of two individuals charged in connection with an assault on an autistic teenager during an Easter egg hunt in New Kensington. The incident occurred in April 2023, w...
Renda Media Oct 02, 2025

SWASTIKAS APPEAR IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY TOWN
Authorities and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh are investigating after swastikas appeared in Mount Pleasant this week. The symbols, spray-painted on several businesses and road signs, are...
Renda Media Oct 02, 2025

MAN SETS ATM MACHINE ON FIRE
Authorities are investigating after a man set fire to an ATM in Ross Township. According to police, the incident occurred early Wednesday morning when the suspect approached a Chase Bank ATM at the in...
Renda Media Oct 01, 2025 Screenshot

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PROPOSITIONING TEENAGE GIRLS IN LATROBE
The father of the man convicted of killing New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw has pleaded guilty to open lewdness charges. Fifty-four-year-old Gregory Baucum Jr. entered his plea in court yester...
Renda Media Oct 01, 2025

PUNXSY MAN ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO WOMAN'S APARTMENT, HOLDING HER AT GUNPOINT
A Punxsutawney man is behind bars after allegedly breaking into a woman's Henderson Township apartment and holding her at gunpoint. State police say 26-year-old Tyler Williams kicked in the door Sept....
Renda Media Oct 01, 2025

WESTERN PA WATERWAYS BEING STOCKED WITH TROUT
A total of 118 streams and lakes across Pennsylvania - many of them in the western part of the state - are being freshly stocked with trout. According to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, mor...
Renda Media Oct 01, 2025

APOLLO MAN FOUGHT WITH, INJURES TROOPERS SERVING WARRANT
An Armstrong County man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting two state police officers. The incident occurred Thursday when troopers attempted to serve a mental health warrant on Apollo reside...
Renda Media Oct 01, 2025

SPIRIT AIRLINES TO CUT RUN TO FORT LAUDERDALE, ADD RUN TO ORLANDO OUT OF LATROBE
Spirit Airlines will cut and add some runs to its service out of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe. Westmoreland County Airport Authority Executive director Gabe Monzo said that the airport wi...
Hometown2 Oct 01, 2025

CARROLLTOWN TEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
From Pennsylvania State Police A Carrolltown Borough teenager has been charged as an adult with two counts of criminal homicide following a suspicious death investigation yesterday in Cambria County. ...
Renda Media Sep 30, 2025

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Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
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